T Tom Durham Jul 13, 2004 #1 The Task Manager opens and then closes automatically after 2 seconds when pressing ctl-alt-del.
T Thorsten Matzner Jul 13, 2004 #2 Tom Durham said: The Task Manager opens and then closes automatically after 2 seconds when pressing ctl-alt-del. Click to expand... This could be caused by some malware. Scan our system for viruses and with Ad-aware (http://www.lavasoft.de). "List of Antivirus Software Vendors" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=49500)
Tom Durham said: The Task Manager opens and then closes automatically after 2 seconds when pressing ctl-alt-del. Click to expand... This could be caused by some malware. Scan our system for viruses and with Ad-aware (http://www.lavasoft.de). "List of Antivirus Software Vendors" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=49500)
B Bruce Chambers Jul 14, 2004 #3 Greetings -- The type of behavior you describe is typical behavior of more than one virus/worm, the three below being the most common: W32.Klez http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[email protected] W32.Yaha http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[email protected] W32.Spybot.Worm http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.spybot.worm.html Because many of the newer viruses and worms, such as the Spybot mentioned above, can disable antivirus applications whose definitions aren't kept up-to-date, try using one or more of the free on-line scanners to double-check your system. Trend Micro - Free online virus Scan http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ McAfee Security - FreeScan http://www.mcafee.com/myapps/mfs/default.asp Symantec Security Check http://security.symantec.com/ssc/home.asp Panda ActiveScan - Free online scanner http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/com/activescan_principal.htm Bruce Chambers -- Help us help you: You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once. - RAH
Greetings -- The type of behavior you describe is typical behavior of more than one virus/worm, the three below being the most common: W32.Klez http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[email protected] W32.Yaha http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[email protected] W32.Spybot.Worm http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.spybot.worm.html Because many of the newer viruses and worms, such as the Spybot mentioned above, can disable antivirus applications whose definitions aren't kept up-to-date, try using one or more of the free on-line scanners to double-check your system. Trend Micro - Free online virus Scan http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ McAfee Security - FreeScan http://www.mcafee.com/myapps/mfs/default.asp Symantec Security Check http://security.symantec.com/ssc/home.asp Panda ActiveScan - Free online scanner http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/com/activescan_principal.htm Bruce Chambers -- Help us help you: You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once. - RAH
